Attacks: Security operatives, civilians feared killed in Zamfara

Suspected bandits have reportedly killed several security personnel, traders, and members of a local vigilante group in separate attacks on a gold mining site in Zamfara State. The attacks occurred in Bindin village in Bungudu Local Government Area, along the Dansadau road in Maru LGA, in Gwashi district of Bukkuyum LGA, and around Damba on the outskirts of Gusau, the state capital.

In Bindin, a resident claimed that nine soldiers and three mobile policemen were killed when suspected bandits attacked a mining site and a military camp in the area. The resident blamed the attack on notorious bandit leader Gwaska Dankarami, who reportedly operates around Dangulbi in Maru LGA, Bindin in Bungudu and parts of Bagege in Anka LGA.

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